East meets west during QMT's 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' opening tomorrow night

2:36 PM,
Sep. 20, 2012

Joseph, played by Bradley Gay, is surrounded by the five wise narrators of the story, (l to r) Anna Grace Butler, Machelle Thompson, Sarah Beth Redlhammer, Lauren Jones and Sophia Harrison in The Quincy Music Theatre's opening production of 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.'

Written by

Karen Mesterton-Gibbons
Special to the Chronicle

Picture this scene in the East: Joseph, best loved of the 12 sons of Jacob, is treated to the finest of coats - one of many colors. Standing in the shadows, full of jealousy, is brother Reuben who is quietly plotting to rid the family of its favorite son by selling him into slavery in Egypt.

Now, picture this scene in the West: We are no longer in Canaan but on the Ponderosa, and the two sons are Little Joe and Hoss; the father Ben Cartwright. Now you have the correct picture for The Quincy Music Theatre's imaginative production of the classic Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical Joseph and the Amazing ...